Tinseltown News

Seeing that there is nothing about this topic, Greg has written on his Muppet Newsflash blog that the project Tinseltown which we heard about in November will be a web series supposedly launching in 2008, heres the dirt:

Back in November I reported that the Jim Henson Company was developing a series titled "Tinseltown". The show is about a bull named Samson Knight and a pig named Bobby Vegan, a mismatched gay couple living in Hollywood. Henson has just revealed some more information on the development of this project at this week’s Comic-Con convention in San Diego, along with giving attendees a sneak peak at the series.
"Tinseltown" is currently being developed by the company as web series, set to launch itself onto the Internet sometime in the next year. An episode of this adult puppet show was shown at Comic-Con and was a big hit with the audience. The comical, character-driven web series is sure to garner a lot of attention and attract a lot of fans when it hits the web, and you can be sure that I’ll keep you posted with more information on this project, and other Henson Company dealings, when more information surfaces.

I suppose the Jim Henson Company is tapping into an edgy niche market. I'm sure Disney won't be doing this sort of project. And it's a smart way to build more of a fan-base after the departure of the Muppet Show characters.

Just to clear something up -- Tinseltown is being developed by the company as a television show for the LOGO network. It is not going to be a web series. Henson signed a deal with LOGO to produce a pilot (no word on when we'll see it yet).

Henson showed another project at Comic Con that is in development for the web called Sam Plenty - things god jumbled in the madness of the jillion panelists that day and some wires were crossed -- but after posting the initial report I quickly corrected myself.

From what I've heard/seen of this project, I think it will be great fun and very entertaining.

we get LOGO here couse we have that time warner cable... I've NEVER watched the channel (really never had a reason too!) but NOW i will couse of "Tinseltown" I see on Henson.com that pic of the Pig & the Bull... the Pig sorta reminds me of "Howard the Pig" from IAVMMCM (Its A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie).

This is actually looking pretty good! I had worries about this at first, it didn't sound Henson-like, it sounded like some ridiculous adult sitcom like South Park, but this is really shaping up! The puppets are a lot more Muppet-like than I pictured, I thought they would have been really photo-realistic puppets.

... the Pig sorta reminds me of "Howard the Pig" from IAVMMCM (Its A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie).

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I think that is the same pig. I tried to imdb the project but came up with zilch! Does anybody know who will be performing/voicing these characters? I hope Bill Barretta does one (Howard/Bobby Vegan probably if so) and it would be great if Brian Henson performed the other. Don't know if he'd like to get back into doing series TV, but I'm sure he'd do a fantastic job.

This is actually looking pretty good! I had worries about this at first, it didn't sound Henson-like, it sounded like some ridiculous adult sitcom like South Park, but this is really shaping up! The puppets are a lot more Muppet-like than I pictured, I thought they would have been really photo-realistic puppets.

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Doesn't sound henson like? oh my how people so soon forget miss piggy shaking her tatas on the muppet show, how soon people forget how the muppets acted in jims movies, let's also not forget the land of gorch that jim henson did, along with the jim henson hour.
To say that the muppets where only for happy little kids well I'd say you're living in a Sesame Street world.
I'm not speaking just to you though so please don't think I'm attacking you I'm just trying to make a point.

I think that is the same pig. I tried to imdb the project but came up with zilch! Does anybody know who will be performing/voicing these characters? I hope Bill Barretta does one (Howard/Bobby Vegan probably if so) and it would be great if Brian Henson performed the other. Don't know if he'd like to get back into doing series TV, but I'm sure he'd do a fantastic job.

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I'm more than sure Brain will be doing a character most of his characters come off as gay to me anyways.